%0 Journal Article
%T Sobre uma nova esp¨¦cie neotr¨®pica do g¨ºnero Larsia Fittkau, 1962 (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae)
%A Serpa-Filho
%A Arlindo
%J Entomolog¨ªa y Vectores
%D 2005
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.1590/S0328-03812005000200013
%X this work presents the description of a new of the genus larsia fittkau, 1962 (diptera: chironomidae: tanypodinae). the genus until the moment it is represented by 23 species in the world. in the neotropical region, according to spies & reiss (1996) four species were already described, being three from guatemala, l. fittkaui sublette & sasa, 1994, l. planensis johannsen, 1946, l. reissi sublette & sasa, 1994 and only from argentina, l. pallescens edwards, 1931. the new species was collected in the state of rio de janeiro, coming from araras, municipal district of petr¨®polis, rj, being the first registration of the genus from brazil. the slides with the material type are deposited in the entomological collection of the instituto oswaldo cruz.
%K tanypodinae
%K larsia
%K new species
%K rio de janeiro
%K brazil.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0328-03812005000200013&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en